Does he always have that many cameras on the plane? Does he always fly with a parachute? If I really wanted to throw this guy under the bus, I would try watching some of his other videos. Obviously it’s an edited video, so maybe he just didn’t share that part? Maybe he was worried about having enough altitude for a safe jump if he spent time trying to restart? What bothered me more was the no apparent attempt at restarting the engine. Nobody has really pointed out any smoking guns to me yet… Open door before the engine out? I know a lot of people who run that way in small airplanes because they like the added airflow and shoulder room. Personally, I’ve found that NOTHING exciting ever happens when I fly with a rolling camera, so I ALWAYS start recording before I start the engine.
If he’d been wearing a helmet it probably would have looked more suspicious to me than a video blogger with a selfie stick. So many are so quick to condemn! Yeah, the selfie stick and all looks pretty sus, but if this guy has north of 100k subscribers, shooting video of everything he does is part of his lifestyle. Just like these yahoos:Īnd lest you think nobody would be this stupid to do something so dangerous just for internet fame, let’s not forget this intrepid duo: I suspect this was an attention-getting stunt, financed with insurance fraud by wrecking the aircraft. I’m surprised he wan’t wearing goggles but even he might’ve realized that would be *too* suspicious. Might as well climb real high so you have plenty of free-fall time to enjoy as well. And it’s better to have two parachutes just in case this ‘fun jump’ goes wrong. If I was really interested in wearing a parachute ‘just in case’ while flying a plane, I’d buy a used bail-out rig.īut, if you’re going to stage an accident, why spend the money? Just use your regular skydiving rig and squeeze yourself like a sausage into the cockpit. No extra hardware or weight or bulk for the main or release mechanism. And only one, well-protected handle to open the parachute. A true emergency/bail-out rig is much slimmer and lighter because it only has one parachute, not two. In my random-sample-of-one, I find my rig is too bulky and uncomfortable in that scenario (look how bunched up he is against the yoke). I find it highly improbable someone wears a skydiving rig as a matter of course when flying in a light plane.
In that case, don’t we take the stress off the engine before it fails, contact ATC and search for a off-field landing site? In any case, don’t we run through the “Engine failure in flight” checklist? Does the prop quickly stop in an engine failure, or just windmill? What about squawking 7700 and making a “Mayday” call? Was this airplane in trim and, at engine failure, wouldn’t it go into a falling, leveling, falling rhythm at trimmed airspeed? Or might it go into a tight spiral dive? Who among us flies over hills or mountainous country without constantly updating off-field landing sites? Don’t we track above roads for just that purpose? And what about abandoning an aircraft above a fire-prone landscape? Were the magnetos still “hot” and could spark a fire on impact? For me, questions are always more evident than answers. Since part of flying for me is scanning the engine instruments, they often foretell engine failure, e.g, loss of engine oil pressure and rising CHTs or engine temperatures. When I see something happen that doesn’t make sense, my mind produces questions. By Monday, the video had attracted almost 100,000 views. The video ends with him climbing a mountain days later to launch a paraglider to finally spread the ashes of his friend. There’s more of him hiking out and finally running into other people. The cameras also cover what appears to be a crash sequence.Īfter landing in some scrub brush with a few cuts and scrapes, he makes his way to a crashed aircraft, with the camera still rolling. Video from three angles show him straining to open the door before diving headfirst behind the strut, never letting go of a selfie stick. There is commentary on the weather and reference to his deceased friend but no description of the circumstances of the alleged engine failure.
He apparently took off from Lompoc Airport and the crash was reported to have taken place in Los Padres National Forest near Cayuma, California, about 50 miles north of Santa Barbara. 24 but posted a month later, Jacob says he’s flying to Mammoth to spread the ashes of a friend. We also contacted a woman with a similar name and address to those of the registered owner of the aircraft but have received no response. Jacob, whose YouTube channel says he has 126,000 subscribers, has not responded to an email request for comment.
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